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Tesla community battery installed in Busselton, Western Australia
A fifth PowerBank battery installed by W.A. to help balance the state's grid, allow more customers to install solar, and offer a "community" storage option to local solar homes.
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Rooftop solar reshapes W.A. grid, and retiring coal units won’t be missed
Latest 10-year forecast for W.A. grid highlights massive changes ahead as rooftop solar entrenches position as dominant technology, while the closure of two more coal units will not be...
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Western Power installs Tesla community battery in W.A. Goldfields region
Western Power installs first of 10 grid-connected PowerBank "community batteries" in Kalgoorlie-Bolder to support uptake of more solar and help smooth the grid.
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Western Power names Ed Kalajzic as new CEO
Ed Kalajzic takes helm at Western Power as the DNSP looks to shift parts of its sprawling poles and wires network to solar and battery storage stand-alone power systems.
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W.A. paves way for more stand-alone power systems, and distributed batteries
Western Australia government paves way for more renewable-based stand-alone power systems and distributed storage – and for competition in the networks.
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W.A. adds more Tesla “community batteries” to shared storage trial
Synergy and Western Power extend "shared storage" trial to two more W.A. suburbs, after initial Tesla community battery install proves a huge success.
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Fire at gas generator triggers blackout with 100,000 WA homes impacted
Fire at "baseload" gas-fired power station triggers load shedding event in Western Australia, leaving 100,000 homes without power on Friday night.
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Western Australia’s first big battery joins Kalbarri solar and wind microgrid
A 5MW/2MWh battery dispatched to Western Power's Kalbarri microgrid, to help deliver cheap reliable renewable power to the W.A. resort town.
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Why network operators will take thousands of customers off the grid
Western Power unveils network of the future, where thousands of regional customers are taken off grid and given renewables and storage, saving money and boosting reliability.
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Is this the day that solar and wind changed the W.A. grid forever?
AEMO issues market direction for back-up power for first time in W.A. grid and wants quick adoption of technology and market solutions to deal with increased volatility.
